Analysis of the Data

Priority software is used from ANEC to record data and monitor the Energy House; ONCALL which uses its polling mechanism to extract data from the E-Senza nodes and sensors. ONCALL can poll Modbus and TCP devices at frequencies of up to every five seconds which is adequate for most environmental monitoring requirements such as this one. 

The ONCALL system has been built around the industry standard MS SQL client/server model. The ONCALL server is located in a server farm at Salford and is available via the campus network. ONCALL Viewer client software provides the GUI and operator interface to the Energy Hub ONCALL system. It uses SQL Connect enabling distributed and multiple users to concurrently access and view predefined topology views, collected data in graphical, tabulated and report form via a local GUI on XP Pro or Windows Vista workstations. 

Unlike many other vendor-specific Building Management System applications, this system’s independence from proprietary solutions and protocols makes it an ideal solution for the consolidation and production of visualised data – often delivering previously ‘invisible’ correlations between data sets and events.